I woke up one night sneezing and it simply would not stop. <br />It happened every four or five seconds, my that is a lot of snot! <br />I was air bussed to the Capital, to the hospital Walter Reed. <br />Admitted to the Officers wing, with a General in the room with me. <br /> <br />The General asked many questions, all answered with a sneeze. <br />On the next day came those needles, about 600 I believe! <br />The results did not come quickly, as they monitored my heart. <br />I was there for many days, but I finally did depart. <br /> <br />I finally received my answer, I was allergic to my daughter’s cat. <br />They put me on light duty, the desk job made me fat! <br />It is no simple allergy, as I go into anaphylactic shock. <br />My lungs shut closed with fluids, then I’m a drowning jock! <br /> <br />My little girl was told that Misty, her Kitty just had to go, <br />I cried along right with her, and our hearts sunk oh so low. <br />Today she owns a kitty, so I can’t enter her front door. <br />My sister Teri has six cats, and sis Debbie has twenty four! <br /> <br />If it was just a dogs world, I could visit friends and relatives. <br />Even cat dander on someone’s clothes, I must leave if I’m to live! <br />The cats now in my neighborhood, to their owners will not run. <br />They run with glee when they see me, as if I had bid them “come! ” <br /> <br />When I open up my front door, be it daytime or late at night, <br />I hear a chorus of Meow’s, then I simply must take flight. <br />I don’t see my attraction, for there is nothing I know I do, <br />Except of course I’m very good, at making a loud - Ah ah ah-Choooo!<br /><br />Robert Edgar Burns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pity-the-kitty/
